A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818 : the tour extends from New-York, by Albany, Schenectady, and Utica, to Sacket's Harbor, and thence through Lake Ontario, to St. Lawrence River, and down the stream to Hamilton village : thence along both banks of the St. Lawrence, from Hamilton to the Thousand Islands; thence to Sacket's Harbor by water; from that place by the route of great Sodus, Geneva, Canandaigna, and Batavia, to Buffalo; and from thence to Black Rock, Fort Erie, the Falls of Niagara, Queenstown, Lewiston, and the memorable fields of Bridgewater and Chippewa : after viewing the interesting pass of Nigara, the author traversed the south shore of Lake Erie to the city of Detroit, and visited in the latter range Dunkirk, Erie, Cleveland, Sandusky, and other places of less note : the tour contains notices of what fell under the author's observations concerning the natural history and geography of the region over which his travels extended, with brief remarks upon such remarkable events and charcaters as have contributed to give interest to different places : the tour is accompanied with a map upon which the route will be designated; a particular map of the falls and river of Niagara, and the environs of the city of Detroit / by William Darby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darby, William, 1775-1854.

Contributor:

Hooker, William.

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York (State)--Description and travel.

New York (State).

Canada--Description and travel.

Canada.

Ohio--Description and travel.

Ohio.

Michigan--Description and travel.

Michigan.

Penn Provenance:

Dechert, Robert (donor)

Mitchell, James (autograph, February 19, 1819)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 9 unnumbered pages-228, lxiii pages, 9 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Darby's tour, N. Y. to Detroit

Darby's tour from New York to Detroit, via the St. Lawrence.

Place of Publication:

New-York : Published for the author, by Kirk & Mercein : And sold by Kirk & Mercein, A.T. Goodrich & Co., James Eastburn & Co., W.B. Gilley, Charles Wiley & Co., R. M'Dermut, William Hooker, and Collins & Co. ..., 1819.

Notes:

Errata on p. viii prelim., and slip inserted facing p. [9].

Maps signed by William Hooker.

Hand-colored maps.

Includes index.

Cited in:

Sabin 18533

Shaw & Shoemaker 47786

Streeter, 841

OCLC:

36015130